Attitudes towards the Audit (agreement with statements in survey)
| Statement in survey | Agree/strongly agree | |
| n=96 | % | |
| Participating in the Audit provides useful information to monitor the quality of stroke care | 84 | 86.6 |
| Participating in the Audit helps improve the quality of stroke care at my hospital | 77 | 79.4 |
| The Audit data accurately reflect clinical practice | 64 | 66.0 |
| The Audit is time consuming for staff | 82 | 84.5 |
| The burden of participating in the Audit exceeds the benefits gained* | 41 | 42.3 |
| Results from the Audit are easy to understand | 76 | 78.4 |
| Audit results allow comparisons between my hospital and other hospitals | 80 | 82.5 |
| I trust the way the Stroke Foundation carries out and reports on the Audit | 85 | 87.6 |
| I am aware of the target benchmarks for key performance indicators | 86 | 88.7 |
| At my site, issues identified in the Audit are targeted for improvement | 81 | 83.5 |
| It is important that my hospital participates in the Audit | 83 | 85.6 |
| The National Stroke Audit programme should continue to be used | 82 | 84.5 |
*Negative statement: ‘Neither agree nor disagree’ included with ‘strongly agree’ and ‘agree’ in data presented in table.